e-wastes and its management

e-wastes and its management

Posted by Unknown on Tuesday 26 November 2013 0

e-wastes and its management

e-waste stands for electronic waste is defined as all secondary electronic devices ,television ,mobile phones etc which are discarded by the users or sold or donated to anyone. These electronic wastes causes many harms to  living organism and to the environment. Many devices that were using without ant any problem will change its characteristic as a harmful object. Most of the electronic equipment equipped and manufactured by non- bio degradable harmful plastics and other materials .So these harmful material will affect soil and its fertility. It can also kill very useful soil living organism. So proper disposal is needed. The proper management of disposal or informal processing of e-wastes is Known as e-waste management.

This article is mainly focusing to teach how to manage batteries and CFL after their damage or fuse.

CFL lamps

CFL lamps are common now. what will usually our procedure after fuse of it? No doubt we will throw it out with any awareness outside. We never think that what consequences have to face after its throw. CHLORO FLUROSCENT LAMPS are using mercury in it .As we know that mercury is poisonous to human as well as animals. But you are now thinking like this how this material reaches inside our body. Question is really genuine. After the throw of the CFL lamps might get break up. Then the mercury inside it gets dissolved with rainwater and it flows to fresh water sources and ponds as well. Thus it enters to the body.

PROBLEM AFTER THIS:

The over accumulation of Mercury inside the body leads to a new disease known as " MINA MATHA". This will affect the nervous system. The symptoms of this diseases are follows:

* Problems in talking ability.

*Problems in hearing ability.

*Muscle paralysis.

On the other hand, the body of the CFL lamps are special Type of plastics which are really harmful. while its burning also it provides harmful fumes that affect the atmosphere badly as well as it affects the lungs of living things.so we have to according to these matters, once the lamp gets fused ,send it for reusing that is better than all other procedure.

Batteries

We know that there different types of batteries such as lithium, mercuric, nickel-cadmium batteries. These used battery can emit charge  when they store together. This will finally leads to ignition of these batteries. The lithium mercuric, nickel-cadmium batteries contain some element which can be leaked out from it, can cause hazardous to the environment. For avoiding these problems we have to follow some important things. Always sent the old batteries for recycling. Do not throw the batteries to the fire ,since it may ignite and explode and cause some damages to the areas which are surrounded by it.